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Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:33 pm

I know sum kid will be mad when his\her mom goes shopping for them and pick up this Human Alliance Jazz up instead:

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On a Good Note...my target finally got generation wave 2 figures in 2day. AT LAST!!!!

News Credits: 1235 · Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:00 pm

It's sad but I see this kind of thing all the time.

News Credits: 5749 · Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:01 pm

Sadly it happens all the time. Amazing how at home the much smaller deluxe Sideways looks in there. Surprised they didn't steal the motorcycle to.

Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:51 pm

It actually my second time. I 4got once apond a time ago, I saw a ninja megazord? in a Cybertron Prime box at a Toys R Us be4.

When I 1st saw the box...I thought it was a target exclusive figure because it was by the rest of the 2packs figure till I saw Cap. Lennox big face on the package....smh

Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:50 am

I've seen it happen too, someone replaced an Alternators Ravage with a run of the mill model car.

News Credits: 36 · Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:01 am

Read the article here for some more examples of this type of phenomenon theft.

News Credits: 37 · Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:07 am

StryderPrime wrote:I know sum kid will be mad when his\her mom goes shopping for them and pick up this Human Alliance Jazz up instead:

ha.jpg

ha1.jpg

On a Good Note...my target finally got generation wave 2 figures in 2day. AT LAST!!!!

LOL!...damn.

Wed Oct 13, 2010 5:29 am

Gee, what a piece of ****. :-x

The person who did this, mind you.

News Credits: 5 · Wed Oct 13, 2010 5:42 am

Check these topics for more of this:

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Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:03 am

Pretender Skywarp wrote:Read the article here for some more examples of this type of phenomenon theft.

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw the exact same thing with a Cybertron Prime package years ago but it had a blue ninjazord in it... :lol:

Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:34 pm

Yes yes, tragic, think of the children.

That said, I recently saw the Ironhide/bee hive return picture, and I laughed for days. I'm not interested in stories of sales people being disinterested/uninformed. What I'm interested in is the idea that someone would see a chunk of bee hive in a package that depicts a robot van on the back, TRANSFORMERS in a rather large printing and numerous other fairly obvious clues that the box is not supposed to contain a bee hive, and yet take the return anyway.

News Credits: 668 · Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:03 pm

Moral issues aside, for a moment, that's a pretty impressive repacking job. O_o And kinda sad that Jazz is around the same size as a Deluxe in vehicle mode.

Now, onto the moral issue of it...

It takes a special breed of person to pull that kind of crap. Not that it's right or anything, but I'd be far more ...well, I'm not sure what I'd be, about this kinda thing if it was a redeco of the same figure, or a slight remold, because it's at least in the same ballpark.

But this? This is ridiculous. The Ninja Megazord in place of another toy, or the beehive thing? I don't even know how to put it into words.

But, this problem won't end until we have knowledgeable people running the customer service desks. Once they're in place to stop this, things will get better.

Before someone says "Oh, you can't expect them to know everything!" , well...I don't. I do expect them to have a working knowledge of what products they offer. There is no credible reason for the cashier at the front desk to look st the package and clearly see it's supposed to be a black pickup truck, and instead it's a BEEHIVE. A BEEHIVE.

There is no excuse for the cashiers and customer service agents to be that out of touch with their product.

That's not just stupid, it's simply not good business.

It's despicable for someone to take advantage of that, sure. It's also reprehensible that management wouldn't educate their employees better, so they don't lose money.

Now, in this case, I can understand why a cashier wouldn't pay attention to the differences. At first glance, they're both silver cars, and if you don't know that the characters/toys are different, then you might just let it slip past you. This one's reasonable.

Wrong of whoever did it, but at least somewhat reasonable of the customer service.

Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:19 pm

Makes me want to cry. :sad:

C'mon people, have some class!
I saw the PCC Combaticons with a soldier action figure in the commander's place. Makes me sick.

Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:25 pm

Autobot032 wrote:Moral issues aside, for a moment, that's a pretty impressive repacking job. O_o And kinda sad that Jazz is around the same size as a Deluxe in vehicle mode.

Now, onto the moral issue of it...

It takes a special breed of person to pull that kind of crap. Not that it's right or anything, but I'd be far more ...well, I'm not sure what I'd be, about this kinda thing if it was a redeco of the same figure, or a slight remold, because it's at least in the same ballpark.

But this? This is ridiculous. The Ninja Megazord in place of another toy, or the beehive thing? I don't even know how to put it into words.

But, this problem won't end until we have knowledgeable people running the customer service desks. Once they're in place to stop this, things will get better.

Before someone says "Oh, you can't expect them to know everything!" , well...I don't. I do expect them to have a working knowledge of what products they offer. There is no credible reason for the cashier at the front desk to look st the package and clearly see it's supposed to be a black pickup truck, and instead it's a BEEHIVE. A BEEHIVE.

There is no excuse for the cashiers and customer service agents to be that out of touch with their product.

That's not just stupid, it's simply not good business.

It's despicable for someone to take advantage of that, sure. It's also reprehensible that management wouldn't educate their employees better, so they don't lose money.

Now, in this case, I can understand why a cashier wouldn't pay attention to the differences. At first glance, they're both silver cars, and if you don't know that the characters/toys are different, then you might just let it slip past you. This one's reasonable.

Wrong of whoever did it, but at least somewhat reasonable of the customer service.

Yeah, this is why we should all apply for jobs at TRU or department stores. :lol:

TFs seem pretty hard hit with this stuff, unfortunately. Real TF fans don't do this!

Sat Oct 16, 2010 2:14 pm

In another Forum I go to, someone posted a picture of a transformers box (can't remember the figure) that had a wasp's nest in the box... not cool.

News Credits: 2 · Sat Oct 16, 2010 2:19 pm

In regards to the nest in the box, I would like to suggest that it may not have been a return, but placed on the shelf by a customer as a prank. No matter how low people's opinions of shop assistants may be, I defy anyone who believes that they really are that foolish.

News Credits: 241 · Sat Oct 16, 2010 2:37 pm

Tekka wrote:In regards to the nest in the box, I would like to suggest that it may not have been a return, but placed on the shelf by a customer as a prank. No matter how low people's opinions of shop assistants may be, I defy anyone who believes that they really are that foolish.

Ok, how about the restocking crew for not noticing the error?

News Credits: 2 · Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:05 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Tekka wrote:In regards to the nest in the box, I would like to suggest that it may not have been a return, but placed on the shelf by a customer as a prank. No matter how low people's opinions of shop assistants may be, I defy anyone who believes that they really are that foolish.

Ok, how about the restocking crew for not noticing the error?

That is dependent on when it was placed on the rail. I would be very surprised if it was at the front of the rail for more than a day before it was spotted by whoever took the picture.

News Credits: 7 · Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:25 pm

You know, it is sad that people can just return figures to the stores "because they don't like them" and the store just putting them back to the shelves in the US (here in Europe such thing has no such "tradition" - you buy it, if it doesn't have a bigger defect, you can't bring it back). I am happy to not live there for once, opening a toy for the first time is a privilage I don't want to see go.

Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:22 pm

Chaoslock wrote:You know, it is sad that people can just return figures to the stores "because they don't like them" and the store just putting them back to the shelves in the US (here in Europe such thing has no such "tradition" - you buy it, if it doesn't have a bigger defect, you can't bring it back). I am happy to not live there for once, opening a toy for the first time is a privilage I don't want to see go.

I blame whoever came up with the saying "the customer is always right" because they've abused the hell out of it. I once heard a lady try to play that card to get in the store 20 minutes after we closed.

News Credits: 4 · Sun Oct 17, 2010 11:02 pm

I didn't take the picture but I would feel sorry for any kid that got this for Christmas...

Seriously, don't know if this was staged or not but it really annoys me when people do this sort of thing.

News Credits: 1452 · Sun Oct 17, 2010 11:22 pm

LOL. I can laugh at that tomatowave one because that is just pure epic fail.

News Credits: 11 · Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:01 am

SnapTrap wrote:I didn't take the picture but I would feel sorry for any kid that got this for Christmas...

Seriously, don't know if this was staged or not but it really annoys me when people do this sort of thing.

At least it was 3 tomatoes...you know, because he's supposed to be a triple changer according to the package. :lol:

News Credits: 1235 · Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:07 am

kirbenvost wrote:
SnapTrap wrote:I didn't take the picture but I would feel sorry for any kid that got this for Christmas...

Seriously, don't know if this was staged or not but it really annoys me when people do this sort of thing.

At least it was 3 tomatoes...you know, because he's supposed to be a triple changer according to the package.

Yeah but that's three of the same alt mode. One should be an orange and the other maybe a potato.

News Credits: 11 · Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:28 am

LOST Cybertronian wrote:
kirbenvost wrote:
SnapTrap wrote:I didn't take the picture but I would feel sorry for any kid that got this for Christmas...

Seriously, don't know if this was staged or not but it really annoys me when people do this sort of thing.

At least it was 3 tomatoes...you know, because he's supposed to be a triple changer according to the package.

Yeah but that's three of the same alt mode. One should be an orange and the other maybe a potato.

Ah, good point. :lol: